Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme North West Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to competition 46 and Stage 1 applications to competition 47.
Date and Location
Tuesday 17 May 2022 Virtual Meeting
In attendance
Committee members
Professor Kevin J Munro (Chair)
Professor Katherine Berry
Dr Helen Brooks
Professor Iain Bruce
Dr Lesley-Anne Carter
Professor Deborah Fitzsimmons
Dr Ferhana Hashem
Dr Maria Horne
Mrs Glenys Hunt
Professor Gregory Lip
Dr Matthew Parkes
Mr John Roberts
Dr Laura Ternent
Dr Gillian Yeowel
Secretariat
Dr Ianina Conte (NIHR)
Dr Kasia Kuleszewicz (NIHR)
Ms Lavpreet Ranjit (NIHR)
Ms Harkerat Jandu (NIHR)
Professor Marian Knight (Programme Director)
Observers
Dr Roy Harris- RDS - EM
Dr Holly Sydall- RDS - SE
Dr Sharon Caunt - RDS - YH
Dr Olivia Luijnenburg - Schools
Competition 46 stage 2 applications considered
NIHR204398: Midlands and North of England Early Stillbirth Study: MiNESS 20-28
Conflicts: Dr Lesley-Anne Carter, Dr Matthew Parkes, Dr Maria Horne
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204090: Exploring systemic therapy as post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia and their families
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204110: Using routinely collected data to address the challenges of rising demand for mental health services and improve access to care for children and young people in Lancashire and South Cumbria
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204146: Enabling Service Users with Severe Mental Illness to Learn about and Engage (SMILE) with Good Oral Health: Co-production, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Systems intervention
Conflicts: Dr Helen Brooks
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204107: Mental Health Medications in the Lives of People with Learning Disabilities
Conflicts: Professor Katherine Berry, Dr Gillian Yeowell, Dr Maria Horne
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204052: Developing an evidence based, co-designed, clinical intervention for Videofluoroscopy Swallow Study (VFSS) to improve patient safety and experience
Conflicts: Professor Gregory Lip
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204084: Preliminary test of a digital device to enhance self-management and clinical response to self-harm by young people in inpatient mental health settings (Tier 3 application)
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204040: Outdoor Mobility after Hip Fracture: a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
Competition 47 stage 1 applications considered
NIHR204311: Who knows best? Co-designing a management programme for post-stroke fatigue.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR204392: Phase III randomised trial evaluating chemotherapy followed by pelvic reirradiation versus chemotherapy alone as pre-operative treatment for locally recurrent rectal cancer – Greccar 15 Trial UK Arm
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204333: Feasibility testing a brief psychological intervention for people with advanced cancer: The BEACHeS-II study
Conflicts: Dr Ferhana Hashem
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204386: Peer support intervention to aid recovery from Guillain Barre Syndrome (PSI-GBS): intervention codesign and feasibility study
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204353: The potential to improve outcomes following liver surgery in patients with frailty
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR204364: Prospective randomised feasibility trial comparing standard organ preservation (cold storage) versus Hypothermic or Normothermic Machine Perfusion for Donation after Circulatory Death donors in orthotopic liver transplantation – The HypoNorm Trial
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204382: Drone-Delivered Defibrillators (The 3D Project): a mixed-methods evaluation of integrating drone-delivered Automated External Defibrillators into the ambulance service response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR204396: Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) for Functional Seizures: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study
Conflicts: Professor Gregory Lip
Outcome: Reject
Outcomes Table
Stage 1
Score | Range | Number of applications |
---|---|---|
9.0 - 10.0 | Invited | 0 |
8.0 - 8.9 | Invited | 1 |
7.0 - 7.9 | Invited | 0 |
6.0 - 6.9 | Invited | 2 |
5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 1 |
4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 4 |
3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |
Stage 2
Score | Range | Number of applications |
---|---|---|
9.0 - 10.0 | Fundable | 0 |
8.0 - 8.9 | Fundable | 1 |
7.0 - 7.9 | Fundable | 1 |
6.0 - 6.9 | Fundable | 1 |
6.0 - 6.9 | Rejected | 1 |
5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 3 |
4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 1 |
3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |